Free Inventions and Discoveries MCQs with Answers

286 Inventions and Discoveries MCQs from General Knowledge, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

Inventions and Discoveries covers the people, dates, principles and practical uses behind developments such as the wheel, printing press, telephone, electricity, radio, computer, internet, vaccines and space technology. It distinguishes an invention, which creates a device or process, from a discovery, which identifies something already present in nature.

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  • A. 7
  • B. 8
  • C. 6
  • D. 9

Explanation: A visible spectrum is traditionally described as seven colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Correct answer: 7
  • A. Karachi
  • B. Lahore
  • C. Multan
  • D. Islamabad

Explanation: Karachi is commonly cited in Pakistani general-knowledge references as the location of Pakistan’s first radio station after independence.

Correct answer: Karachi
  • A. Apple
  • B. Google
  • C. Yahoo
  • D. Oracle

Explanation: Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Google, Yahoo and Oracle were founded by different people.

Correct answer: Apple
  • A. Enamel
  • B. Nail
  • C. Bone
  • D. N.O.T

Explanation: Tooth enamel is the body's hardest substance because its mineral content is higher than that of bone or nails.

Correct answer: Enamel
  • A. Silver iodide
  • B. Silver nitrate
  • C. Silver chloride
  • D. Silver nitrite

Explanation: Silver iodide provides tiny particles around which supercooled water droplets can form ice, helping stimulate rainfall in cloud seeding.

Correct answer: Silver iodide
  • A. 1560s
  • B. 1570s
  • C. 1783s
  • D. 1470s

Explanation: The first recorded practical parachute descent was made by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in 1783.

Correct answer: 1783s
  • A. 1586
  • B. 1286
  • C. 1386
  • D. 1486Subscribing To Online Reference Libraries

Explanation: The earliest spectacles are generally traced to Italy in the late 13th century, around 1286.

Correct answer: 1286
  • A. Samuel Cohen
  • B. Narinder Kapany
  • C. Percy L.Spencer
  • D. T.H. MaimahA

Explanation: Narinder Singh Kapany pioneered the development of optical fibre and is often called the “father of fibre optics.” The other names are…

Correct answer: Narinder Kapany
  • A. The performance of the child is below average.
  • B. The performance of the child is above average.
  • C. The mental age of the child is equal to his actual age.
  • D. The performance of the child cannot be better.

Explanation: In the traditional IQ formula, IQ equals mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100.

Correct answer: The mental age of the child is equal to his actual age.
  • A. 1885-1886
  • B. 1887-1888
  • C. 1888-1889
  • D. 1889-1890

Explanation: Karl Benz developed the first practical petrol-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, in 1885 and patented it in 1886.

Correct answer: 1885-1886
  • A. USA
  • B. UK
  • C. France
  • D. Germany

Explanation: Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the German Empire, in 1879, so Germany is the correct country.

Correct answer: Germany
  • A. Tomato
  • B. Red Ball
  • C. Union
  • D. Love Apple

Explanation: Love apple was an old European name for the tomato, reflecting historical beliefs about its supposed aphrodisiac qualities.

Correct answer: Love Apple
  • A. Chromium waves
  • B. Heat waves
  • C. Gravitational waves
  • D. sedenctary waves

Explanation: LIGO detects ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves, produced by violent events such as merging black holes.

Correct answer: Gravitational waves
  • A. Philo taylor
  • B. Motorola martia
  • C. Robert
  • D. Guglielmo marconi

Explanation: Guglielmo Marconi is widely credited with developing the first successful practical radio telegraphy system and demonstrating wireless…

Correct answer: Guglielmo marconi
  • A. China
  • B. Japan
  • C. US
  • D. France

Explanation: France opened the Wattway project in 2016, widely described as the world’s first photovoltaic road.

Correct answer: France
  • A. Dr. Riaz Rehman
  • B. Pro.Abdul Salam
  • C. Prof.Muhammad Younas
  • D. Muhammad Salman Rashad

Explanation: Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen Bank, which pioneered collateral-free microcredit for poor borrowers.

Correct answer: Prof.Muhammad Younas
  • A. Chester Carlson
  • B. Petrache Poenaru
  • C. Johannes Gutenberg
  • D. Laszlo Biro

Explanation: László Bíró is credited with inventing the modern ballpoint pen and received a patent for its practical design in 1938.

Correct answer: Laszlo Biro
  • A. USA
  • B. GERMANY
  • C. SWITZERLAND
  • D. CHINA

Explanation: China leads the world in solar-power capacity and generation, supported by its large-scale photovoltaic manufacturing and deployment.

Correct answer: CHINA
  • A. China
  • B. Srilanka
  • C. Saudi Arabia
  • D. India

Explanation: Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to Sophia, a humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics, in 2017.

Correct answer: Saudi Arabia
  • A. England
  • B. Turkey
  • C. China
  • D. Norway

Explanation: China is credited with introducing paper money during the Song dynasty, centuries before modern European banknotes.

Correct answer: China